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Ahead of the WHO World Health Assembly (WHA) taking place from 22-28 May 2022, the GPEI has prepared two reports which will inform Member State discussions, namely on polio eradication, and on polio...

The first supplementary polio campaign in eight years puts caregivers to the test Over four days in the middle of May, parents in the governorates of Bethlehem and Jerusalem were urged to take their...

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Headlines Ahead of the WHO World Health Assembly (WHA) taking place from 22-28 May 2022, the GPEI has prepared two reports which will inform Member State discussions, namely on polio eradication, and...

13 May – Ramallah On Monday 16 May, the Palestinian Ministry of Health will launch round one of a polio vaccination campaign targeting all children under age five in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. The...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The marathon to eradicate polio is on its final lap: the world is more than 99% of the way to success. After millennia of living with poliovirus and suffering the paralysis it...

An outbreak response assessment led by WHO on 11 to 15 April 2022 concluded that poliovirus is no longer circulating in Tajikistan, and thereby recommended official closure of the outbreak that...

US$4.8 billion budget needed to implement new Strategy and eradicate the infectious disease Germany announces it will co-host polio pledging moment in 2022 GENEVA, 26 April 2022 Today, the Global...

Headlines On 26 April, the programme will launch the new investment case for the GPEI’s Strategy: Delivering on a Promise. This one-hour, virtual event, “Investing in the Promise of a Polio-free...

Headlines Meeting in Geneva last week, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) urges global action on unique polio opportunity, and also turns focus on post-eradication. On 26...